Meaning and history
From an English surname meaning “son of William,” Wilson was the surname of Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924), the American president during World War I.
20062006: 507 births, rank #511
2007: 473 births, rank #541
2008: 492 births, rank #538
2009: 488 births, rank #540
2010: 429 births, rank #584
20112011: 409 births, rank #601
2012: 422 births, rank #599
2013: 391 births, rank #630
2014: 461 births, rank #596
2015: 433 births, rank #620
20162016: 439 births, rank #612
2017: 404 births, rank #638
2018: 433 births, rank #618
2019: 417 births, rank #644
2020: 402 births, rank #655
20212021: 370 births, rank #709
2022: 387 births, rank #689
2023: 404 births, rank #672
2024: 432 births, rank #644
20252025: 405 births, rank #672
Wilson moved from #645 to #673 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1918, with 1,381 births.